Journal-box-securing mechanism.



A; 0. BUOKIUS, JR. JOURNAL BOX SECURING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED we. 5, 191a.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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wi/rmmo UNITED STATES P ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

JOURNAIr-BOX-SEGURING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. T391341.

Application filed August 5, 1913. Serial No. 783,021.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have in vented new and useful Improvements in J o urnal-Box-Securing Mechanism, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in section my improve ments applied to an end of a side frame; Fig. 2 is a section on lines IIII of Fig. 1; and F ig. 3 is a section on lines IIIIII of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to the securing of journal boxes to truck side frames, and consists in providing mechanism for securing journal boxes of the Master Car Builders type in a side frame 'of integral construction, to prevent twisting of the boxes and to take up the sidewise thrust.

The features of my improved device which.

I consider to be novel are hereinafter described and claimed. l

Referring to the drawings, A indicates in dotted lines a journal box of the Master Car Builders type, secured to a portion of a side frame 2 of a car truck. The side frame 2 has at its end an overhung extension 3 to receive and rest on the journal box A. The lower face i of the projection is preferably horizontal to fit the top of the box,

and the end of the side frame has a vertical face 5 substantially at right angles to the face i, the box A fitting in the angle between the two faces at and 5. are provided on the box A, which bear against the inner surfaces of the ribs 7 of the face 5 of the frame and thereby assist in preventing twisting and endwise move ment of the box. The box is secured to the frame by the bolts 8. and by the casting or plate 9. The plate 9 is loosely pivoted to the side frame at 10 and has a projection 11 cooperating with the recess 12 on the under side of the side frame. Both the side frame 2 and the plate 9 are apert-ured for the reception of the bolts 8.

When the box has been bolted in'placc be- The usual flanges 6 tween the face 4: of the side frame and the "plate 9, the projection 11 and the sides 13 of the plate will fit closely against the depending flanges 14.- on the underside of the frame, and this close fit will serve to prevent twisting and endwise movement of the box. As the plate is necessarily a relatively heavy and inflexible casting, clearance is provided about the pivot 10, and between the front and rear faces of the projection 11, and the front and rear faces of the res cesslQ. to permit the plate 9 to accommodate itself to variations in size of journal boxes.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the construction which I have described and shown herein Without dcparting from my invention.

hat I claim is:

1. In journal box securing mechanism, a truck side frame having a. journal box seat, and an inflexible plate adapted to support the journal box. the said plate being secured to the frame by a loose pivot at one of its ends and being supported at its other end by box-securing bolts.

2. In journal box securing mechanism, a truck side frame -having a journal box seat. a journal box seated thereon. a plate loosely pivoted to the side frame and secured to the box and to the frame by vertically-extending bolts, and a cooperating engagement between the plate and the side frame, other than its pivotal connection thereto, adapted to receive side and end thrust strains from the journal box and to relieve the pivotal connection from such thrusts.

3. In journal box securing mechanism. a truck side frame having a journal boxseat, and a plate secured to the under side of the frame. the said frame and plate being apertured for reception of a plurality of bolts and having a recess and projection engagemcnt to prevent twisting and cndwise movement of the box.

ALBERT O. BUCFIUS, JR.

Witnesses:

E. 0. BROWN, E. M. OKERBLOOM. 

